Renewal In Europe The Renaissance The Italian Renaissance

Renewal In Europe The Renaissance The Italian Renaissance Ch. 11 -2

Standard 7. 8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance. 1. Describe the way in which the revival of classical learning and the arts fostered a new interest in humanism (i. e. , a balance between intellect and religious faith). 5. Detail advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, and the understanding of human anatomy and astronomy (e. g. , by Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni, Johann Gutenberg, William Shakespeare).

Key Terms Humanism Dante Alighieri Niccolo Machiavelli Perspective Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci Petrarch

New Ways to See the World

Describe: How did the Turkish conquest of the Byzantine Empire cause many ancient classical writings to arrive in Italy? Scholars who fled that empire brought ancient literary works with them

Explain: Why is the word human contained in the word humanism? Because humanism centered around the individual human being

Make Judgments: Which do you think was more influential to the development of the Renaissance – the expansion of trade to the East or the rediscovery of ancient classical writings? Why? Possible answers – trade was more influential because it exposed people to new products and increased wealth Classical writings were more influential because they exposed people to new ideas and renewed interest in scholarship

Italian Writers

HML: Dante’s Divine Comedy http: //youtu. be/Dy. Ra. Cwg. RKXk

Explain: Why did Dante write in Italian instead of in Latin? He considered Italian, the people’s language, as good as Latin

Analyze: Why do you think a politician who is cunning and uses excessive force may be referred to as Machiavellian? Possible answer – Machiavelli advised rulers to do whatever was necessary to keep order

Italian Art and Artists